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PEACE COMMITTEES AND CONFLICT TRANSFORMATION IN KENYA: A CASE OF KURIA COMMUNITY, MIGORI COUNTY

WAMALWA, CORNELIUS WANYONYI (KISII UNIVERSITY, 2014)

Conflicts in many pastoral communities are often linked to competition over scarce resources and harsh climatic conditions that continue depleting the resource silo. In some cases, ethnicity has taken route leading to ...
WOMEN CHAMAS AND COHESION BUILDING IN KENYA: SPECIFIC FOCUS ON BUNGOMA COUNTY

KING’ORO, SELLAH NASIMIYU (KISII UNIVERSITY, 2014)

Cohesion is a state of human interactions which are anchored on certain values and characteristics which strengthen or weaken relationships. Although there is a lot of scholarly debate in this area, there is limited ...
DISCURSIVE STRATEGIES IN KENYA’S 2008 POST-ELECTION CONSULTATION DISCOURSE

Barasa, Margaret Nasambu (Laikipia University, 2014-09)

This study addresses itself to the post-election consultation discourse of the two former Principals, the former President Mwai Kibaki and the Prime Minister Raila Odinga in the Kenyan Coalition Government between 2008 and ...
PHONOLOGICAL AND MORPHOLOGICAL NATIVIZATION OF ENGLISH NOUNS BORROWED INTO EKEGUSII: A CONSTRAINT-BASED APPROACH

Anyona, George Morara (KISII UNIVERSITY, 2017-11)

This study examines the phonology and morphology of English nouns borrowed into EkeGusii within Optimality Theory. This theory provides that the well formedness in natural languages is constraint governed. Thus, even ...
EFFECTIVENESS OF INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORKS IN ADDRESSING GENDER BASED VIOLENCE IN SELECTED KENYAN PUBLIC UNIVERSITIES

CHAWIYAH OBARA A., REBECCAH (KISII UNIVERSITY, 2018-10)

Kenyan, like any other country in the world is plagued by gender based violence (GBV), especially against women and girl children. GBV is seen as a sensitive issue to engage in, is shrouded in silence, data is lacking, ...
CONCEPTUAL METAPHORS IN DHOLUO: A COGNITIVE LINGUISTIC APPROACH

CELLYNE N. A., ANUDO (KISII UNIVERSITY, 2018-10)

There has been an insatiable interest in the study of conceptual metaphors across languages. This has been prompted by the principal reason that for a long time, the traditional approach to the study of metaphors had taken ...
UCHANGANUZI WA MATUMIZI YA AGOTI MIONGONI MWA WAFUNGWA: HALI YA MAGEREZA TEULE KATIKA JIMBO LA KISUMU, KENYA

OGUTU PETER, OKOTH (KISII UNIVERSITY, 2018-11)

Utafiti huu ulilenga kuchanganua matumizi ya agoti miongoni mwa wafungwa wa magereza ya Kisumu. Utafiti huu utachangia tafiti katika taasisi na vyuo vikuu kwa sababu uliibua muktadha wa matumizi ya lugha ambao haujatafitiwa ...
PSYCHOLOGICAL INTERVENTIONS AND THEIR EFFECT ON BEHAVIOUR MODIFICATION AMONG JUVENILE DELINQUENTS: A CASE OF ELDORET AND KAKAMEGA REHABS, KENYA

NGUKU CATHERINE, WANJERI (KISII UNIVERSITY, 2018-11)

There is a growing concern with the growth and prevalence of Juvenile delinquents (JD) in rehabilitation centres in Kenya. Juvenile delinquency has become an intricate social problem that significantly influences all ...
ELECTORAL MANAGEMENT DYNAMICS AND ITS IMPACT ON EAST AFRICAN REGIONAL SECURITY: CASE OF KENYA'S 2007 ELECTION

JUMA THOMAS, OTIENO (KISII UNIVERSITY, 2018-11)

The nature of regional security among neighbouring states which has for long been traditionally localized seems to have limitations in the current paradigm among geographically adjacent states. Security in the era of ...
GENDERED CONSTRUCTION OF FAMILY PLANNING PRACTISES IN KAKAMEGA COUNTY, KENYA: A CASE OF MALE INVOLVEMENT

LUMAYO MILDRED, FEDHA (KISII UNIVERSITY, 2018-11)

Family planning has attracted attention all over the world due to its relevance in decision making, population growth and development. Despite this, family planning programmes by the state and other non-state actors have ...
IMPLICATIONS OF INTER-ETHNIC CONFLICTS ON ECONOMIC GROWTH IN KENYA: CASE OF NYANDO, MUHORONI AND TINDERET SUBCOUNTIES

CHAVULIMU, JACOB ASIGE (KISII UNIVERSITY, 2019-07)

Inter-ethnic conflicts impact negatively on the economic growth. In Africa, it has cost the Continent a tune of $ 120 billion, specifically affecting the agricultural sector subjecting over 198,000,000 people to starvation ...
AN INVESTIGATION INTO SOCIAL NETWORKS AND THEIR INFLUENCE ON SOCIAL INTEGRATION IN SELECTED PUBLIC UNIVERSITIES IN UGANDA

Nareeba, Peter (KISII UNIVERSITY, 2019-07)

Social network platforms play a critical role in students’ social integration. The study sought to investigate on the social network platforms and their influence on social integration in public universities in Uganda. ...
DETERMINANTS OF EFFECTIVE MANAGEMENT OF CONSTITUENCY DEVELOPMENT FUNDED PROJECTS IN KASIPUL CONSTITUENCY, HOMA BAY COUNTY, KENYA

ANDHOGA, WALTER OTIENO (KISII UNIVERSITY, 2019-10)

The debate over the effectiveness of various governance models to deliver social services equitably and efficiently have been inconclusive. In Kenya where decentralization has been effected through the Constituency ...
COORDINATE ELLIPSIS AND SLUICING IN EKEGUSII: A TRI-MODULAR MINIMALIST APPROACH

OTIENO, ROBERT LISTON OMARI (KISII UNIVERSITY, 2019-11)

This study is on how ellipsis is generated in the syntax and resolved at the semantics and pragmatic levels of the grammar. It utilised a tri-modular Minimalist approach to the phenomenon. It sought to analyse coordinated ...
SOCIAL PROTECTION POLICY AND INSTITUTIONALISATION OF INFORMAL SECTOR WORKERS IN BUGISU REGION, UGANDA

BAREMIRWE, BEKOREIRE MARY (KISII UNIVERSITY, 2020-01)

Contemporary literature on social protection for informal sector workers has focused on the role of institutionalisation in promoting access to social protection. However, the social protection policy in Uganda is fragmented ...
CHILDREN’S PARTICIPATION IN PEACE-BUILDING PROCESSES IN POST CONFLICT KENYA WITH SPECIFIC REFERENCE TO ABAGUSII AND MAASAI COMMUNITIES

MARANGA, FLORENCE KEMUMA (KISII UNIVERSITY, 2020-09)

This study sought to establish the role of children in peace building in Post-conflict Kenya. In the event of violent conflicts, children are immensely affected as hundreds of them are killed, maimed, or traumatized or ...
CHILDREN’S PARTICIPATION IN PEACE-BUILDING PROCESSES IN POST CONFLICT KENYA WITH SPECIFIC REFERENCE TO ABAGUSII AND MAASAI COMMUNITIES

MARANGA, FLORENCE KEMUMA (KISII UNIVERSITY, 2020-09)

This study sought to establish the role of children in peace building in Post-conflict Kenya. In the event of violent conflicts, children are immensely affected as hundreds of them are killed, maimed, or traumatized or ...
ACOUSTIC ANALYSIS OF EKEGUSII VOWELS AND STOPS

OTIENO, NYANSERA PETER (KISII UNIVERSITY, 2020-10)

Preceding a theoretical exploration of issues in a language is a basic research. Through such basic descriptive study, the vitality of the language is aided and documented. This is vital especially for the less studied ...
CONSOCIATIONAL NEGOTIATED DEMOCRACY AND ITS IMPLICATIONS ON ETHNO-POLITICAL CONFLICT MANAGEMENT IN MANDERA COUNTY, KENYA

MUTUNGI, JOSEPH MATEE (KISII UNIVERSITY, 2020-11)

Consociational negotiated democracy is commonly used in plural and multicultural societies ensure inclusivity and equal representation in the governance process as well as in sharing of other available resources, thus ...
LAND CONFLICTS AND THEIR IMPLICATIONS ON SOCIAL COHESION IN NAKURU COUNTY, KENYA

NYAGA, EVANSON NJIRU (KISII UNIVERSITY, 2020-11)

The study sought to understand determinants of land conflicts and their implications on social cohesion in Nakuru County. There are persistent land conflicts, which usually take the form of ethnic dimension, which adversely ...

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